Amphimallon Latreille, 1825

Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Megataxa 12 (1), pp. 104-175 : 127-128

Amphimallon Latreille, 1825

[73 species and 13additional subspecies].

Type species Scarabaeus solstitialis Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy.

Note: Latreille (1825) proposed this genus under the French vernacular name Amfimalle. Stephens (1830) incorrectly spelt Amphimallon as “ Amphimalla ”, Mulsant (1842) incorrectly spelt Amphimallon as “ Amphimallus ”, and Agassiz (1846) incorrectly spelt Amphimallon as “ Amphimallum ”.

Zantheumia Stephens, 1829 .

Type species Scarabaeus solstitialis Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy. Objective synonym of Amphimallon Latreille.

Microdonta Hope, 1837 (not Microdonta Chevrolat, 1836 ).

Type species Melolontha pini Olivier, 1789 , by original designation. Synonymy by Dalla Torre (1912c).

Amphimallina Reitter, 1905 .

Type species Amphimallina jenrichi Reitter, 1905 (= Amphimallon volgense ( Fischer, 1823)) , by monotypy. Synonymy by Coca-Abia (2003).

Amphimallon ( Erytrotrogus) Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1955 . Type species Amphimallon ( Erytrotrogus) medvedevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1955 , by monotypy. Synonymy by Baraud (1992).